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Hundreds of Mentally Ill Stranded in Texas Jailsnew
Defendants in Texas with severe mental illness land in the criminal justice system where they're forced to languish for months behind bars while an overburdened state hospital system struggles to find room.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
01-04-2012 |
Health
Houston's Chamillionaire Rides Freenew
Everything that's great about Houston rapper Chamillionaire can be found in a single video he posted to Ustream last January.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
01-04-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Echocentrics: Echoland EPnew
Consider for a moment the task of releasing a Brian Eno retrospective, one that celebrates not his solo recordings, but the artists he has produced since 1974.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
01-04-2012 |
Reviews
That Hairy Guy in the Movienew
Brant Bumpers is our own Steve Buscemi — he's one of the most recognizable faces (scratch that: bodies) in San Antonio film.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
01-04-2012 |
Art
Tags: san antonio film
Even in a slow year for memorable cinema, there were some standouts in 2011new
While it hasn’t necessarily been a stellar year in film (watching Adam Sandler, Martin Lawrence, and Tyler Perry in drag was enough to sideline the most intrepid moviegoer), there have been some diamonds in the rough.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martínez |
01-02-2012 |
Movies
The Pinker Tones: Singles 2001-2011 + Amigos & Friendsnew
Greatest hits/singles albums are rapidly losing worth in our iTunes world. By the time the Rihannas and Pitbulls release one, listeners have already built their own — .99 click by .99 click.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
01-02-2012 |
Reviews
Dont Take Fashion — or Yourself — Too Seriously.new
Photographs and fashion styling by Bryan Rindfuss.
San Antonio Current |
Bryan Rindfuss |
01-02-2012 |
Fashion
Tags: new years fashion
Texas Public Schools Waiting for Supermannew
The Texas Legislature has made massive cuts to public education. What are the effects in San Antonio?
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
01-02-2012 |
Education
The Lost Pines of Texasnew
Except where it serves as a reminder of our connection to, and dependence upon, nature, the incredible loss of trees this year was a total disaster.
San Antonio Current |
Brandon R. Reynolds |
01-02-2012 |
Environment
Tags: Texas trees
2011’s best music, from yacht-rock to kick-ass driving tunesnew
It was agreed by pretty much everybody that 2010 pretty much sucked, and 2011 was going to be the year that things got better.
San Antonio Current |
Chuck Kerr |
01-02-2012 |
Music
How sports-rich San Antonio could capitalize on fields of battle in 2012new
During the Sweet Sixteen this past March, hordes of blue-shirted University of Kansas fans strutted along the River Walk like Midwestern Huns, having conquered the city for the second time in three years.
San Antonio Current |
Brandon R. Reynolds |
01-02-2012 |
Sports
Tags: san antonio stadium
The best San Antonio albums of 2011new
Any local musician I spoke with in 2011 had to endure my persistent inquiring as to when their next LP would be delivered. Even when it was an EP about to drop, I'd ask, ask, and then ask their mothers.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
01-02-2012 |
Music
Tags: blowing trees, bryan hamilton
Punishing Drought Just Getting Started in Texasnew
Natural weather cycles delivered the worst one-year drought in the historic record to Texas in 2011. Scientists examining tree rings had to go back as far as 1789 to find a worse one.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
01-02-2012 |
Environment
Tags: drought in Texas
Charlize Theron stands steadfast in uncomfortable dark comedy Young Adultnew
It's taken screenwriter Diablo Cody (Showtime's United States of Tara) a few years to get the memo, but in her latest film, Young Adult, it looks as if she's started paying attention to some of the constructive criticism aimed straight at her hipster heart.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martínez |
12-30-2011 |
Reviews
Bunbury: Licenciado Cantinasnew
The seventh solo album by Spain's Enrique Bunbury (former leader of Héroes del Silencio, a metal-Celtic band that sold millions throughout Europe and Latin America in the '90s) continues Bunbury's effort to turn himself into a "serious" singer-songwriter.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
12-30-2011 |
Reviews
